Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sir, you truly have an eye for light! I wouldn't crop the bridge, though. The bright spots helps one to recognize it as a bridge immediately. --- > From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:02:05 -0400 > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] First Pictures - Glasgow/Lake District/Cambridge > > I had expected to post a few pictures soon after my de-lurk last week > but it took me longer than I expected to get my new iMac up and > running and to get my photo files switched over. In any case, here > are seven pictures from my trip to the UK last June. These were all > taken with an Olympus C-60. I'm still working out how best to get > film scans done. I'll post some of the Leica pix as soon as I've got > that squared away. I shot 15 36-exposure rolls with my M7 and took > about 500 pictures with the C-60 during the three weeks I was there. > > These are all straight from the camera except for slight crops on two > of them and down-sizing for posting. I've posted two variations on > one of the photos. I'd like to hear which one of these you think > works best and am looking forward to your comments on all of them. > Enjoy! > > Glasgow Science Center. The Clyde calmed down late one evening and > we finally had a non-rainy sunset. This was taken at about 10:30 PM. > C-60 ASA 100 Auto. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P6250007_lug> > > Sheep safely grazing on a field near Keswick in the Lake District. > C-60 ASA 100 Auto. (Bach is playing quietly on the radio as I write > this.) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P6280031_lug> > > Late afternoon in the Conservatory of my hotel in the Lake District > on yet another rainy afternoon. It was a quiet place. C-60 ASA 100 > Auto. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P6300019_lug> > > Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick. More rain, but I liked the > mood the rain and fog created at this ancient site. C-60 ASA 200 > Auto (and more than a little noisy). > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P7010008_lug> > > Cambridge: Trinity Lane on yet another somber morning. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P7050042_cropped_lug> > > Under a bridge on the Cam. I'd gone punting on only the second sunny > evening of the trip. > Version 1 - Uncropped. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P7060074_lug> > Version 2 - Cropped to eliminate the bright spot to the right. > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/P7060074_2_lug> > > Many thanks for looking and for any comments you might make. > > And, Ted, thanks for the kind words of welcome last week. > -- > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >